I am not sure if wrapping too early would permanently disrupt the curing process (I would think it would still offgas in time). I mainly wanted to extend my empathies, as I am also sensitive to odors, perfumes, offgassing, etc. Buying furniture is so stressful! It sounds like you are doing everything you can.....I would just give it more time. Is there someone at the company that could reassure you the pieces will cure completely? If they can’t do that, they should exchange them for pieces that have cured properly at their warehouse AND pass the VOC testing. But hopefully it will improve with each passing day!

I guess I would be disgusted enough with the company's attitude and the initial experience with the furniture (as well as the extra expense of buying BlueAir and other products) that I would return the furniture and start over. It would really annoy me to reward them with my business ($$) when their product and customer service is less than stellar.

I would try to find someone building/selling solid wood furniture that requires fewer toxic glues than laminate. Not sure of your style but maybe look at Room and Board. Their furniture is made in USA...not sure about solid wood or off-gassing but they are a customer service oriented company, environmentally friendly https://www.roomandboard.com/about-us/environmental-social-responsibility.ftl and would probably be helpful in that regard.

And I don't recall the name, but there is a (maybe more than one) furniture manufacturer in Oregon (I see you're in WA) that builds with solid, sustainable wood, non toxic glues, etc.. but maybe do some research.

Good luck.

eta: I don't think this is the company I was thinking of, but might be worth looking into: https://www.thejoinery.com/about-us/better-because-us

Just to clarify. "Bamboo laminate stuff" means a LARGE amount of glue. It's great they claim theirs does not off gas...but it is sort of a property of glue, especially the grade one needs for making laminated furniture to off gas. I would say return it. You started with a product that will never meet your off gassing sensibilities. I would even go so far as to say you couldn't really choose worse this side of fiberglass. If that is not an option take it down to the garage and leave it for how ever long it takes.

I am also sensitive to odors. Good or bad. I would return it. I understand that once you are sick it is hard to get the energy to do what must be done to get the return going. I hope this doesn’t happen to you but, even after it quits smelling, every time I would look at it I would get sick again. That is how my brain works :)

Bamboo. Now where do you think this stuff comes from. It crossed an ocean. It got packed in China, or Indonesia. It wears the smell of the glue, the humid ship and the ocean. Yes it was wrapped too soon and EVENTUALLY it will air out, I suppose. If you want to speed it up? Put it out in the sun.

Let's just say............................buyer beware. On ALL this so called "sustainable" organic , low VO C junk being marketed.

Tip? Buy an American made. Try Room and Board. Smells fine on arrival. Great customer service too.

Thank you all so much for your comments and suggestions. Today is the 8th day since delivery and it has aired out significantly, but those of you who suggested I will always have doubts are probably right. At the same time, it's such a pain to return this stuff and get a new set, (how will I arrange THAT on the same day?!?! And where will I get the $$ to purchase the new stuff if the old isn't returned yet?) it's tempting to just try and make it work.

What's interesting is that Greenington is a local company to me (it's based in Kent, WA), so I thought that was pretty cool. Yet I still have no idea where the stuff is actually manufactured -- I think the salesman said, "maybe Vietnam."

As Olychick said, I AM disgusted with the company's attitude. If they had, for instance, bothered to say "sorry" at any point (either about delivering a product that wasn't done, or for inconveniencing me and the store) it would have gone a long way. The store isn't scoring many points for me either, because they didn't really go to bat for me or seem to notice that the mfg. is so nonchalant.

Thank you for the recommendations of other places to check out - The Joinery is amazing but double what I've already spent - not sure I can swing that. However Room & Board is about equivalent and they do have a store in Seattle. Maybe it's time to go visit.

Jenn

Just a PS: Perusing Room & Board's site, they are not free of off-gassing issues either. And there are a fair amount of quality issues as well. They SAY they stand behind their product, but... The last time a company bragged to me about their awesome customer service it was a complete lie. I am at the point of being paranoid now!